Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1901 — BIGGEST IN THE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BIGGEST IN THE

A Great Combination of Thirty Big Railroad*. J. Pierpont Morgan's unification scheme contemplates the combination of thirty railroad systems, not taking into consideration their numerous “feeders" or auxiliary lines, with a total mileage of main line track of 69,773 miles. Already the Vanderbilts, Rockefeller, Hill and Morgan control eighteen trunk line

systems or are in position to dictate their policy. u - The extent- of the movement. cannot be calculated in miles or dollars, as the field is prncticnU.v limited only by the desires of the allied money interests. “Community of ownership’’ is the title of the scheme and John G. Carlisle, who since his retirement from the Cleveland cabinet has been consulting counsel for Morgan intvrests, is accredited with the idea's parentage.

J. .J. Hi I. John D. Rockefeller. J. P. Morgan.